Pythagoreanism

Gregg Gibson is posting such a lot of highly opinionated material,
it is difficult not to join in the argument. Here's an example:

> One traditional means of deriving just intervals is of course to simply
> embark upon a series of perfect fifths:
..
> But does a singer ever sing this many successive fifths (or fourths)?
> Evidently not. In highly modulated music such a chain might occur, but
..
> The system is therefore without practical relation to music, and is one
> of those theoretical delusions which so plague and confuse musicians.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that the point of using
scales based around just fifths is that they're peculiarly
easy to tune. Even with my poor, untutored ear, I can recognise
a just fifth when I hear one.


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